/**
 * The chess framework library.
 * More information is available at http://www.jinchess.com/.
 * Copyright (C) 2002 Alexander Maryanovsky.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * The chess framework library is free software; you can redistribute
 * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * The chess framework library is distributed in the hope that it will
 * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with the chess framework library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package free.chess;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Component;


/**
 * An interface for classes who paint the board "background" on JBoard.
 */

public interface BoardPainter {


    /**
     * Paints the board at the given location on the given Graphics scaled to
     * the given size. The <code>component</code> argument may be null.
     */

    void paintBoard(Graphics g, Component component, int x, int y, int width, int height);


    /**
     * Returns a new <code>BoardPainter</code> of the same class as this one.
     * Implementations which are immutable may return this instance itself instead
     * of an actual copy.
     */

    BoardPainter freshInstance();


}
